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Steve Bradley

Faculty Advisor - Student Life Center/Campus Rec
T. Stevens Chair of Free Enterprise - Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation
Professor - Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation

Contact Information

Email:	Steve_Bradley@baylor.edu
Fax:	(254) 710-1093
Mailing Address:	One Bear Place #98011 Waco, TX  76706
Office Location:	Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation 210.45

Educational Background

• MBA - Entrepreneurship, Indiana University Bloomington
• PHD - Entrepreneurship, Indiana University Bloomington
• MS - Entrepreneurship, Indiana Univ Bloomington
• ME - Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University College Station
• BS - Chemical Engineering, University Of Texas Austin

Work Experience

• Professor, Baylor University (August 1, 2018 - Present)
• Advisor, Waco Propane (May 2016 - May 2017)
• Associate Professor, Baylor University (August 1, 2014 - July 31, 2018)
• Associate Fellow, Ratio Institute - Stockholm, Sweden (June 2013 - Present)
• Faculty Director - Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise, Baylor University (June 2013 - December 31, 2018)
• T. Stevens Chair of Entrepreneurship & Free Enterprise, Baylor University (May 1, 2013 - Present)
• Co Owner, More Than a Teacher Central Texas, LLC (January 2013 - December 31, 2018)
• Assistant Professor, Baylor University (January 1, 2008 - July 31, 2014)
• Lecturer, Baylor University (August 17, 2007 - December 31, 2007)
• Chief Operating Officer, 1Quest Learning, Inc. (February 1994 - December 2017)
• President, UniversityLeasing.com, Inc. (1994 - 2007)
• Founder/ Vice President, Materials Performance Inc. (June 1993 - August 2002)
• Project Engineer, Law Engineering (1992 - 1993)
• Research Assistant, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) (June 1, 1991 - August 1, 1991)
• Engineering Intern, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, CA (June 1, 1989 - August 1, 1989)

Awards and Honors

• Robert & Robin Nitsche Outstanding Research Award, Baylor University Hanakamer School of Business (April 2018)
• The E. M. and Thelma Stevens Chair of Private Enterprise & Entrepreneurship (June 2015)
• Robert & Robin Nitsche Outstanding Research Award, Baylor University Hankamer School of Business (April 2014)
• Associate Fellow Ratio Institute, Stockholm Sweden, Ratio Institute, Stockholm Sweden (August 2013)
• Visiting Scholar Ratio Institute - Sweden, Ratio Institute - Sweden (June 2012)
• Hankamer School of Business Young Researcher Award, Baylor University (2011)
• Journal of Business Venturing Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Business Venturing (2010)

Professional Memberships

• SEC Coalition - Financial Regulation Working Group (December 2021 - Present)
• Academy of Management
• National Federation of Independent Business

Publications

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"Policy for Innovative Entrepreneurship: Institutions, Interventions, and Societal Challenges,," Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, (June 2021) (coauthors: Phillip H Kim, Peter Klein, Jeffrey S McMullen, Karl Wennberg).

Simmons, S.A., Wiklund, J., Levie, J. et al. Small Bus Econ (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-9998-3

"Entrepreneurship and well-being: Past, present, and future," Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 34, No. 4, (July 2019), pp. 579-588 (coauthors: Boris Nikolaev, Johan Wiklund, Nadav Shir, Maw-Der Foo).

"The Emergence of The Maker Movement: Implications for Organizational and Entrepreneurship Research," Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 34, No. 3, (April 2019), pp. 459-476 (coauthors: Russell Browder, Howard Aldrich).

"Experimental Evidence of Observed Social Media Status Cues on Perceived Likability," Psychology of Popular Media Culture, (August 2017), pp. 1-15 (coauthors: Jim Roberts).

"The Role of Spiritual Capital in Innovation and Performance: Evidence from Developing Economies," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 41, No. 4, (July 2017), pp. 621-640 (coauthors: Mitchell J. Neubert, Retno Ardianti, Edward Simiyu).

"When Money Buys Attention. The Influence of Poverty and Gender On Advice Centrality In Microlending Groups," Vol. 36(6), (October 2016), pp. Article 5 (coauthors: Hana Milanov, Rachida Justo).

"The Influence of Tax and Regulatory Policies on Entrepreneurs’ Evaluations of Opportunities.," Management Decision, Vol. 54, No. 5, (June 2016), pp. 1160-1182 (coauthors: Matthew S Wood, Per Bylund).

"Making the Most of Group Relationships: The Role of Gender and Boundary Effects in Microfinance Groups," Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 30, No. 6, (September 2015), pp. 822-838 (coauthors: Hana Milanov, Rachida Justo).

"Environmental jolts," : John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd Chichester, UK, January 2015, pp. 1--3.

Bradley, S.W. (2015). Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness. In Wiley Encyclopedia of Management (eds C.L. Cooper, M.H. Morris and D.F. Kuratko). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118785317.weom030031

"Roots, Reasons, and Resources: Situated Optimism and Firm Growth In Subsistence Economies," Journal of Business Research, Vol. 68, No. 1, (January 2015), pp. 127-136 (coauthors: Matthew S Wood, Kendall W. Artz).

Teaching and Learning Scholarship

Wood, M., Welter, C., Artz, K. and Bradley, S.W. (2014), "Discerning Opportunity Types: Implications for Entrepreneurial Action and Entrepreneurship Education", Innovative Pathways for University Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century (Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Vol. 24), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 119-144.

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"Organizational Sponsorship and Founding Environments: A Contingency View on the Survival of Business Incubated Firms, 1994-2007," Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 56, No. 6, (December 2013), pp. 1628-1654 (coauthors: A. Amezcua, Matthew Grimes, Johan Wiklund).

"The Innovation Necessity: Evidence from Microcredit in the Dominican Republic," Journal of International Development, Vol. 24, (2013), pp. S112–S121 (coauthors: Kendall W. Artz, Jimmy Hulett).

"Capital is Not Enough: Innovation in Developing Economies," Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 49, No. 4, (June 2012), pp. 684-717 (coauthors: Jeff McMullen, Kendall W. Artz, Edward Simiyu).

"Swinging a Double-Edged Sword: The Effect of Slack on Entrepreneurial Management and Growth," Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 26, No. 5, (September 2011), pp. 537-554 (coauthors: Johan Wiklund, Dean Shepherd).

"Cutting the Apron Strings of Business Incubation Firms: Is the Liability of Newness…. A Liability?," Vol. 2011, No. 1, (August 2011), pp. 1-7 (coauthors: Alejandro Amezcua, Johan Wiklund).

"The Importance of Slack for Organizations Facing Tough Environments," Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 48, No. 5, (July 2011), pp. 1071-1097 (coauthors: Dean Shepherd, Johan Wiklund).

"Resources, Environmental Change and Survival: The Asymmetric Paths of Young Independent and Subsidiary Organizations," Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 32, No. 5, (July 2011), pp. 486-509 (coauthors: Howard Aldrich, Dean Shepherd, Johan Wiklund).

Bradley, Steven W.; Patel, Pankaj C.; McMullen, Jeffrey S.; and Parida, Vinit (2011) "SEARCHING WIDE OR DEEP? ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY, SLACK RESOURCES AND THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL SEARCH IN SMALL FIRM GROWTH," Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Vol. 31: Iss. 15, Article 1. Available at: http://digitalknowledge.babson.edu/fer/vol31/iss15/1

"Self-employed or Employing Others? Pre-Entry Capabilities, Entrepreneurial Action, and the Learned Resourcefulness of Microcredit Firm Founders," Vol. 31, No. 19, (January 2011), pp. Article 2 (coauthors: Jeff McMullen, Adwin Atmadja, Edward Simiyu, Kendall W. Artz).

"Financial slack and venture managers' decisions to seek a new alliance," Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 23, No. 4, (July 2008), pp. 465-481 (coauthors: Holger Patzelt, Dean A Shepherd, David Deeds).

Bradley, S. W., Garven, J. R., Law, W. W., & West, J. E. (2018). The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty Hiring (No. w24969). National Bureau of Economic Research.

"Entrepreneurship & Well-being," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Vol. 7, pp. 38-44 (coauthors: Johan Wiklund, Carole Graham, Maw-Der Foo, Nadav Shir, Boris Nikolaev).

Presentations and Proceedings

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"Social Capital and Organizational Exit: A Multilevel Perspective," Proceedings of the AOM 2023, Boston, July 2023, Vol. 2023, No. 1, pp. 19686 (coauthors: Chris Boudreaux, Anand Jha, Joao Mannzoni).

"Social Entrepreneurship, Human Emancipation, and the Dignity of Work," presented at the 17th Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, Bloomington, IN, November 2020 (coauthors: Lowell Busenitz, Maija Renko, David Townsend).

"Reconsidering the Nature and Role of Entrepreneurial Support Organizations," presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2020, Vancouver, ON, December 2019 (coauthors: Brian Bergman, Donald Siegel, Susan Cohen, Ricarda Bouncken, Paige Clayton, Alejandro Amezcua).

"What Students Can Learn about Profits from the Poor - Teaching about Markets and Free Enterprise," presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2020, Vancouver, ON, December 2019 (coauthors: Peter Klein, Siri Terejsen, John Parnell, J. Chris Leach, Stefan K. Sløk-Madsen, Stephen Gohmann, Mike Troilo, Eric Zhou).

Basic or Discovery Scholarship

"Testing Theories of Entrepreneurial Opportunity: An Agent Based Model of Economic Growth," presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference 2020, Knoxville, TN, USA, December 2019 (coauthors: Per Bylund).